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Technical Details
- Magnification range x40 to x800,with x4, x10, x40 RMS achromatic objectives.
- x10 and x20 eyepieces, coaxial coarse and fine focus controls. Free starters pack of slides and coverslips included.
- LED illumination with focussing Abbe condenser with iris diaphragm.
- Full Mechanical stage with drop down coaxial controls and double vernier scales.
- The Apex Starter Slide Kit or Starter Slide Set are ideal accessories for this microscope.
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Product Description
The Apex Practitioner is a modern extremely well made microscope with a professional standard laboratory specification. It is used for looking at specimen slides and can magnify from x40 to x800. Some of the features include inbuilt 'state of the art' 240 volt powered LED illumination with rheostat brightness control, full mechanical stage with drop down coaxial controls. Abbe condenser with iris diaphragm and focus control. Fully rotating head. Accessories that can be purchased separately include, a measuring eyepiece and photography adapter. Our range of prepared slides and microscopy kits are ideal for use with this microscope. To get you started we include a free starters pack of slides, coverslips, slide box and a few prepared slides.
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42 of 43 people found the following review helpful
This microscope was packed very well and delivered in double quick time. I opted for the Free delivery which should take longer, but I ordered this item on Saturday and it arrived on the Monday. Really tip top.
The microscope itself is a robust item that has the feel of a quality instrument and this proved to be reinforced by the performance. This model dose not only come with 2 eyepieces, a 10x and 20x, 3 Objectives, a 4x, 10x and 40x, it also has a whole range of features one would expect from a much more expensive model.
From top to bottom it has, a 360 degree rotating head, mechanical stage with adjustable stop, under-stage Abbe condenser with iris diaphragm and focus control plus filters, coarse and fine focus and adjustable illumination.
Now to performance. The Apex Practitioner dose not disappoint, in fact it impresses. It is made easy to start using the microscope as it is supplied with two sample slides, I do not know if they are the same slides for every instrument but mine came with a Mantis leg and the leg of a Honey Bee. It is worth noting at this point that the package is also supplied with a box of 50 blank slides and a box of cover slips.
As soon as you place one of the sample slides on the stage and peer down the eyepiece, you know this is quality, and it just carries on through the objectives.
I took some time deciding which make and model to go for with my budget of £100, and I am so pleased I opted for this one it will I believe provide me with many years of pleasurable viewing.
If you are a student on a tight budget of a parent wanting to provide your offspring with their first microscope, you will not be going far wrong by purchasing the Apex Practitioner.
The microscope itself is a robust item that has the feel of a quality instrument and this proved to be reinforced by the performance. This model dose not only come with 2 eyepieces, a 10x and 20x, 3 Objectives, a 4x, 10x and 40x, it also has a whole range of features one would expect from a much more expensive model.
From top to bottom it has, a 360 degree rotating head, mechanical stage with adjustable stop, under-stage Abbe condenser with iris diaphragm and focus control plus filters, coarse and fine focus and adjustable illumination.
Now to performance. The Apex Practitioner dose not disappoint, in fact it impresses. It is made easy to start using the microscope as it is supplied with two sample slides, I do not know if they are the same slides for every instrument but mine came with a Mantis leg and the leg of a Honey Bee. It is worth noting at this point that the package is also supplied with a box of 50 blank slides and a box of cover slips.
As soon as you place one of the sample slides on the stage and peer down the eyepiece, you know this is quality, and it just carries on through the objectives.
I took some time deciding which make and model to go for with my budget of £100, and I am so pleased I opted for this one it will I believe provide me with many years of pleasurable viewing.
If you are a student on a tight budget of a parent wanting to provide your offspring with their first microscope, you will not be going far wrong by purchasing the Apex Practitioner.
16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
I required a microscope to help identify parasites on my Koi.
Originally I tried a National Geographic with objectives upto x1200 magnification. I took it back after several unsuccessful attempts at seeing anything, even from their samples. I turned to Amazon to find something more suitable.
After reading reviews of the Apex I took the plunge. Full marks Amazon - I ordered at 4pm and it had arrived the next day at 10am. After a short read of the instruction manual to find my way around this microscope, I set about testing it out.
Removing it from the packaging, I was very impressed with the quality. It looked sturdy and was obviously built to do a job. I was not disappointed. Images are very clear. I tested the enclosed locust samples and was struck by the clarity. Within minutes I had taken a couple of scrapes from my Koi and could clearly see the body flukes that were causing my fish distress.
The glass slides are not placed under spring clamps but sit securely on the stage held in place by a 'claw'. The stage can be moved backwards and forwards and left to right to allow positioning of the slide. There is a course and a fine focus dial and the mains lamp can be dimmed as required. The contrast can also be adjusted by use of the refractor lever.
Again, very impressed with this equipment and would recommend to anyone - Koi keeper or not.
The only negative point I have now is where to store the additional eyepiece , slides and cover glasses safely as the enclosed polystyrene packaging is not an ideal long term solution.
Originally I tried a National Geographic with objectives upto x1200 magnification. I took it back after several unsuccessful attempts at seeing anything, even from their samples. I turned to Amazon to find something more suitable.
After reading reviews of the Apex I took the plunge. Full marks Amazon - I ordered at 4pm and it had arrived the next day at 10am. After a short read of the instruction manual to find my way around this microscope, I set about testing it out.
Removing it from the packaging, I was very impressed with the quality. It looked sturdy and was obviously built to do a job. I was not disappointed. Images are very clear. I tested the enclosed locust samples and was struck by the clarity. Within minutes I had taken a couple of scrapes from my Koi and could clearly see the body flukes that were causing my fish distress.
The glass slides are not placed under spring clamps but sit securely on the stage held in place by a 'claw'. The stage can be moved backwards and forwards and left to right to allow positioning of the slide. There is a course and a fine focus dial and the mains lamp can be dimmed as required. The contrast can also be adjusted by use of the refractor lever.
Again, very impressed with this equipment and would recommend to anyone - Koi keeper or not.
The only negative point I have now is where to store the additional eyepiece , slides and cover glasses safely as the enclosed polystyrene packaging is not an ideal long term solution.
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Amazon Verified Purchase
I bought this microscope for my koi pond as I knew they had some kind of parasite on them.
I was sick of treating them with a general purpose parasite killer and see them still sick and
dying . Within 10 minutes of unpacking it I had a scrape done and found costia and skin flooks,
with costia you need 400x , the detail was brilliant watching the skin flooks flipping around.
Very heavy and very easy to use and I can now get a specialised treatment.
I was sick of treating them with a general purpose parasite killer and see them still sick and
dying . Within 10 minutes of unpacking it I had a scrape done and found costia and skin flooks,
with costia you need 400x , the detail was brilliant watching the skin flooks flipping around.
Very heavy and very easy to use and I can now get a specialised treatment.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Great microscope for the price
I bought this for my husband for his birthday and he is delighted with it. its got good magnification and is easy to use. Good bit of kit for the price.
Published 10 days ago by Ms. Avan Wadia
Incredible Value for Money
My wife bought this from Amazon for my birthday. It is incredible value for money at £99. If you want a serious amateur instrument, for a hobby, then this is for you. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Paul Belino
Apex Practitioner Microscope
I have just received this microscope and for the price (£99) it's a serious instrument! It's weighty and solidly built. Read more
Published 2 months ago by D. Lawrence
awesome scope!
..just got it yesterday after gazing at pictures of it for the past month. very well packaged, only cardboard box and Styrofoam, but it does have a pretty cool plastic-like... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Roby-san
Rekindled enthusiasm for science
Looks really good am v excited to get started.. It's rekindled my interest in biology and am really looking forward to sharing this interest with my young son 5 yrs who takes every... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Maria
Superb Value for Money
Really good quality - the packaging is robust and not flashy and the manual is the same. The impression is that the entire cost of the instrument is in the unit itself and nothing... Read more
Published 5 months ago by John Wigan
A proper microscope not a toy
First off, if anyone is in any doubt whatsoever this is NOT a toy.
Solidly constructed it is a proper microscope of the kind you would find in a laboratory. Read more
Solidly constructed it is a proper microscope of the kind you would find in a laboratory. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Dark Jester
overall very good value
I have not tried it out properly yet as it is a christmas prescent It would have been nice to get a more indepth manuel , as mine was not put together very well and a few screws... Read more
Published 5 months ago by M. Donnellan-pasos
Excellent, solid microscope
This is my first microscope as I have just started to get into the world of physics. I agreem with pretty much every other review. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Richard Dybowski
Extremely good, very pleased
This is a great microscope, and £100 seems cheap for what you're getting.
Three objectives and two eye pieces give a range of x40 to x800 mag, it has an almost perfectly... Read more
Three objectives and two eye pieces give a range of x40 to x800 mag, it has an almost perfectly... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Tim, Merseyside
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